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DSM publishes DNA genome sequence of penicillin producer Penicillium chrysogenum
JCVI collaborates on sequencing
Comprehensive Blueprints Revealed for Lethal Pancreatic, Brain Cancers
Collaborative Research Effort Includes JCVI Scientists
Top Student Achievers Defy 'The Norm'
20 Students Named Davidson Fellows and Receive $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 Scholarships
J. Craig Venter Institute Launches New Genomics Education Program in California
Program will give San Diego area teachers in-depth information about exciting advances in genomics
J. Craig Venter Institute Names Robert Friedman, Ph.D., Deputy Director of West Coast Facility
Other Key Senior Scientist Promotions Announced
J. Craig Venter Named Harvard Visiting Scholar
Visionary intellectual entrepreneur joins Origins of Life Initiative
Venter Institute Scientists Create First Synthetic Bacterial Genome
Publication Represents Largest Chemically Defined Structure Synthesized in the Lab
Team Completes Second Step in Three Step Process to Create Synthetic Organism
NIH Launches Human Microbiome Project
NIH Roadmap Effort to Use Genomic Technologies to Explore Role of Microbes in Human Health and Disease
J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. Delivers the 2007 Dimbleby Lecture on BBC Television
New Policy Report Outlines Options for Governance of Synthetic Genomics
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After two years of intensive sampling in the waters off California and the west coast of the United States, the Sorcerer II Expedition embarked once again on March 21, 2009. Our destination: the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. Funded by generous donations from the Beyster Family Foundation...
Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve
By watching “minimal” cells regain the fitness they lost, researchers are testing whether a genome can be too simple to evolve.
Privacy concerns sparked by human DNA accidentally collected in studies of other species
Two research teams warn that human genomic “bycatch” can reveal private information
Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome
The “pangenome,” which collated genetic sequences from 47 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, could greatly expand the reach of personalized medicine.
First human ‘pangenome’ aims to catalogue genetic diversity
Researchers release draft results from an ongoing effort to capture the entirety of human genetic variation.
Scientists Create the Smallest-Ever Moving Cell
Just two genes get tiny synthetic cells moving, offering clues to life’s evolution.
From Sequencing to Sailing: Three Decades of Adventure with Craig Venter
In a plenary public appearance at the Molecular and Precision Med TRI-CON event in San Diego, a relaxed Venter reflected on his career highlights, controversies and future priorities for genomic medicine.
Synthesizing life on the planet
What’s the smallest number of genes that cells need to grow and reproduce? Is it possible to synthesize minimal genomes and insert them into cells? What do minimal genomes teach us about life? An interview with John Glass, Ph.D.
Top scientists join forces to study leading theory behind long COVID
Several JCVI scientists will be contributing to the newly launched Long Covid Research Initiative — a collaboration of researchers, clinicians, and patients working to rapidly study and treat long Covid.
Hunting for deep-ocean plastics
Through the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Deep Submergence Facility, JCVI's Erin Garza, Ph.D. joins a deep sea expedition to search for ocean plastics aboard the HOV Alvin.
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